This proposal has six components. The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.

Component 1: Provide capped funding of $50 million over three years to establish a body such as the Makaratta Commission suggested in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which, as per that Statement, would ‘supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and First Nations and truth-telling about our history’.

Component 2: Establish a First Nations Voice in Parliament (and in the Constitution) with the following elements.

• Element 1: Consultation on a constitutional referendum on constitutional recognition. This consultation would follow a similar process to the Referendum Council. Funding allocated under the 2019-20 Budget measure Constitutional recognition of ATSI Peoples – co-design process would be redirected to this consultation.
• Element 2: Hold a referendum on establishing a First Nations Voice.
• The referendum would occur within 12 months of the proposal’s start date.

Component 3: Address the high incarceration rates of First Nations people.

• Element 1: Establish an interdepartmental taskforce to develop a national, whole-of-government strategy to address incarceration rates modelled on the Child Abuse Royal Commission Implementation Taskforce that was established to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This Taskforce would be funded over the 2019-20 Budget forward estimates period.
• Element 2: Provide funding of $10 million over four years to establish a National Centre for Justice Reinvestment. Justice reinvestment is a comprehensive, data-driven approach to reducing criminal justice system expenditure and improving outcomes, with identified cost savings reinvested to further improvements.
• Element 3: Provide $50 million over four years for a Justice Reinvestment Grants Program.
• Elements 2 and 3 would have the following functions.
  • Identify data required to implement a justice reinvestment approach and to establish a national approach to collecting justice indicator data.
  • Provide advice on methodology regarding justice reinvestment.
  • Identify the national, consistent data required for effective implementation of justice reinvestment.
  • Develop options for policy and initiatives to reduce incarceration levels and identify potential savings for corrections budgets.
  • Assist with justice mapping, for example, to identify existing services (and gaps in services) that are required to reduce crime.
  • Broker agreements between stakeholders.
  • Provide independent evaluation of programs and estimated savings.
  • Monitor reinvestment of savings in communities, identified through justice mapping.
  • Administer the Justice Reinvestment Grants Program.
• Where relevant, any departmental costs required are to be in addition to the specified capped amounts.

Component 4: Reduce the number of First Nations children in out-of-home care.

• Element 1: Provide $50 million over four years for First Nations children in out-of-home care projects.
• Element 2: Provide $300,000 to review parental consent requirements for identity documents to remove barriers for children and young people in out-of-home care.
• Element 3: Double the rate of the Transition to Independent Living Allowance to provide extra support for young people at a crucial transition point.

Component 5: Provide $500 million from the savings achieved through the introduction of the Indigenous Advancement Strategy as at the 2014-15 Budget.

• The $500 million, in 2014 dollar terms, would be adjusted for inflation using the consumer price index (CPI) and include projected CPI increases over the funding period.

Component 6: Provide $50 million, spread evenly over three years, for a pathway towards a treaty.